Actually, you do. Sort of. According to this story on the MLB site, each subscription gets you a $10 gift certificate at their online store. I can't say I really understand this. Maybe they're just trying to lessen the blow. I wonder if this deal is temporary, and if they will do the same next year.
I don't really understand the reasoning behind any of this. Hopefully all MLB wants is to improve the quality of online broadcasts, but I doubt it. It make me wonder how the individual teams will feel, as well as their flagship broadcasters. Apparently this has caught many people by surprise, including the media. Today's local paper in Pittsburgh even states here (2nd question) that you can listen online by going to the Pirates website (which of course has no mention of the Real Networks deal). Have to wonder what exactly is going on.
In any case, this doesn't really seem like a prudent thing to do, given the pending labor war next offseason. I hope they have some fans left once they get everything straightened out. Personally, this isn't doing much for my waning enthusiasm (of course, when your hometown team sucks it's hard to be positive, but hey at least they get a new ballpark this year).
It's not an article, it's a press release - designed to inform the public (the 'pao' in the URL is short for 'Public Affairs Office') about research projects at NASA.
If you want peer review, I suggest attending the 196th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Rochester, NY where the results will be presented. You can probably even pick up a hard copy of the paper while you're there.
Oh, and that link in the original post should be 'Today@Nasa.gov'
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Actually, you do. Sort of. According to this story on the MLB site, each subscription gets you a $10 gift certificate at their online store. I can't say I really understand this. Maybe they're just trying to lessen the blow. I wonder if this deal is temporary, and if they will do the same next year.
I don't really understand the reasoning behind any of this. Hopefully all MLB wants is to improve the quality of online broadcasts, but I doubt it. It make me wonder how the individual teams will feel, as well as their flagship broadcasters. Apparently this has caught many people by surprise, including the media. Today's local paper in Pittsburgh even states here (2nd question) that you can listen online by going to the Pirates website (which of course has no mention of the Real Networks deal). Have to wonder what exactly is going on.
In any case, this doesn't really seem like a prudent thing to do, given the pending labor war next offseason. I hope they have some fans left once they get everything straightened out. Personally, this isn't doing much for my waning enthusiasm (of course, when your hometown team sucks it's hard to be positive, but hey at least they get a new ballpark this year).
It's not an article, it's a press release - designed to inform the public (the 'pao' in the URL is short for 'Public Affairs Office') about research projects at NASA.
If you want peer review, I suggest attending the 196th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Rochester, NY where the results will be presented. You can probably even pick up a hard copy of the paper while you're there.
Oh, and that link in the original post should be 'Today@Nasa.gov'